CVE-2020-14871
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.802 · 100 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Oracle Solaris and Zettabyte File System (ZFS) Unspecified Vulnerability
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: Pluggable authentication module). Supported versions that are affected are 10 and 11. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Solaris. While the vulnerability is in Oracle Solaris, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Oracle Solaris. Note: This CVE is not exploitable for Solaris 11.1 and later releases, and ZFSSA 8.7 and later releases, thus the CVSS Base Score is 0.0. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 10.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 10–10
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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exploits (6)
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- EDB-49261Solaris SunSSH 11.0 x86 - libpam Remote RootPoC · exploit_db
- EDB-49896Solaris SunSSH 11.0 x86 - libpam Remote Root (2)PoC · exploit_db
- EDB-50039Solaris SunSSH 11.0 x86 - libpam Remote Root (3)PoC · exploit_db
affected products (7)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (27)
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- http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/50415cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/03/1cnnvd
- https://media.cert.europa.eu/static/SecurityAdvisories/2020/CERT-EU-SA2020-055.pdfcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14871cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159961/SunSSH-Solaris-10-x86-Remote-Root.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160510/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-x86-libpam-Remote-Root.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160609/Oracle-Solaris-SunSSH-PAM-parse_user_name-Buffer-Overflow.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163232/Solaris-SunSSH-11.0-Remote-Root.htmlcnnvd
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